Leyden township, Cook County, Illinois (IL)

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Land area: 19.8 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.0 sq. mi.
Population: 94,685 (all urban)

Males: 46,564	(49.2%)
Females: 48,121	(50.8%)

Occupied houses/apartments: 93,998 (66,193 owner occupied, 27,805 renter occupied)

% of renters here:	30%
State:	33%

Races in Leyden township:

White Non-Hispanic: 71.6%
Black: 1.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native: 0.1%
Asian: 3.0%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander: 0.0%
Hispanic or Latino: 22.7%
Two or more races: 1.2%
Some other race: 0.1%

Median age of males: 36.1
Median age of females: 37.8

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Average household size: 2.71

Leyden township:	2.7 people
Illinois:	2.6 people

Average family size: 3.32

Estimated median household income in 2008: $55,349 ($45,856 in 1999)

This township:	$55,349
Illinois:	$56,235

Median contract rent in 2008 for apartments: $786 (lower quartile is $680, upper quartile is $890)

Here:	$786
State:	$689

Estimated median house or condo value in 2008: $259,647 (it was $153,500 in 2000)

Leyden township:	$259,647
Illinois:	$214,900

Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $204,974 - $324,095

Mean price in 2008:

Detached houses: $276,970
Here: $276,970
State: $270,454

Townhouses or other attached units: $257,223
Here: $257,223
State: $256,242

In 2-unit structures: $373,790
Here: $373,790
State: $309,184

In 3-to-4-unit structures: $380,942
Here: $380,942
State: $307,695

In 5-or-more-unit structures: $212,322
Here: $212,322
State: $286,225

Mobile homes: $117,578
Here: $117,578
State: $35,670

Population density: 4772 people per square mile

(very high).

Residents with income below the poverty level in 2008:

This township:	6.9%
Whole state:	10.7%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 2008:

This township:	3.0%
Whole state:	5.1%

Number of foreign born residents: 26,506 (39% naturalized citizens)

Leyden township:	28.0%
State:	12.3%

65% of Leyden township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 88% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 56% lived in Illinois.

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

This state: 60186
Northeast: 805
Midwest: 3037
South: 2243
West: 865

Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $135,800

Leyden township, Illinois satellite photo by USGS

Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.5%

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)

Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
Gay men: 0.2% of all households

People in group quarters in Leyden township, Illinois

599 people in nursing homes
70 people in religious group quarters
16 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
2 people in other nonhousehold living situations

Housing units in structures:

One, detached: 20,189
One, attached: 577
Two: 1,811
3 or 4: 2,600
5 to 9: 4,665
10 to 19: 2,904
20 to 49: 1,588
50 or more: 1,240
Mobile homes: 54

Median worth of mobile homes: $82,500

Housing units in Leyden township with a mortgage: 12,162 (1,212 second mortgage, 1,612 home equity loan, 26 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 6,676

Year house built:

1999 to March 2000: 65
1995 to 1998: 323
1990 to 1994: 564
1980 to 1989: 1,463
1970 to 1979: 4,748
1960 to 1969: 7,916
1950 to 1959: 10,599
1940 to 1949: 5,362
1939 or earlier: 4,588

Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Leyden township, Illinois:
	1 room: 102 2 rooms: 196 3 rooms: 904 4 rooms: 2,398 5 rooms: 6,107 6 rooms: 5,931 7 rooms: 3,746 8 rooms: 1,909 9 or more rooms: 1,500

Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Leyden township, Illinois:
	1 room: 691 2 rooms: 1,111 3 rooms: 3,712 4 rooms: 3,585 5 rooms: 1,727 6 rooms: 674 7 rooms: 273 8 rooms: 75 9 or more rooms: 61

Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Leyden township:
	no bedroom: 194 1 bedroom: 1,057 2 bedrooms: 5,569 3 bedrooms: 11,753 4 bedrooms: 3,371 5 or more bedrooms: 849

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Leyden township:
	no bedroom: 797 1 bedroom: 4,914 2 bedrooms: 4,608 3 bedrooms: 1,361 4 bedrooms: 208 5 or more bedrooms: 21

Cars and other vehicles available in Leyden township in owner-occupied houses/condos:
	no vehicle: 1,429 1 vehicle: 7,212 2 vehicles: 9,239 3 vehicles: 3,218 4 vehicles: 1,316 5 or more vehicles: 379

Cars and other vehicles available in Leyden township in n renter-occupied apartments
	no vehicle: 2,080 1 vehicle: 6,057 2 vehicles: 3,098 3 vehicles: 487 4 vehicles: 136 5 or more vehicles: 51

Owners and renters by unit type in %

Breakdown of mean house values by ages of householders

Most common industries for males (%):

Construction (10%)
Truck transportation (9%)
Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction (8%)
Repair and maintenance (7%)
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (6%)
Computer and electronic products (6%)
Health care (5%)

Most common industries for females (%):

Health care (16%)
Educational services (13%)
Accommodation and food services (12%)
Computer and electronic products (9%)
Finance and insurance (5%)
Food and beverage stores (4%)
Publishing, and motion picture and sound recording industries (3%)

Most common occupations for males (%)

Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (12%)
Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (7%)
Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)
Laborers and material movers, hand (4%)

Most common occupations for females (%)

Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
Registered nurses (5%)
Waiters and waitresses (5%)
Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
Cooks and food preparation workers (4%)

Class of Workers

Most common first ancestries reported in Leyden township:

Polish (19.7%)
Italian (18.9%)
German (9.6%)
Irish (7.2%)
United States or American (2.6%)
English (1.7%)
Greek (1.4%)

Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:

Mexico (33%)
Poland (29%)
Italy (8%)
Philippines (4%)
Other Eastern Europe (3%)
India (3%)
Greece (2%)

Means of transportation to work

Drove a car alone: 34,392 (78%)
Carpooled: 5,169 (12%)
Bus or trolley bus: 847 (2%)
Streetcar or trolley car: 53 (0%)
Subway or elevated: 506 (1%)
Railroad: 1,086 (2%)
Taxi: 42 (0%)
Motorcycle: 17 (0%)
Bicycle: 104 (0%)
Walked: 1,219 (3%)
Other means: 224 (1%)
Worked at home: 592 (1%)

Most commonly used house heating fuel:
	Utility gas (89%) Electricity (9%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)

People in group quarters in Leyden township, Illinois

599 people in nursing homes
70 people in religious group quarters
16 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
2 people in other nonhousehold living situations

58.9% of residents of Leyden township speak English at home.
19.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (46% speak English very well, 25% speak English well, 19% speak English not well, 9% don't speak English at all).
19.2% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (44% speak English very well, 31% speak English well, 20% speak English not well, 5% don't speak English at all).
1.9% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (58% speak English very well, 33% speak English well, 6% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
0.8% of residents speak other language at home (74% speak English very well, 20% speak English well, 6% speak English not well).

Household type by relationship

Households: 94,025

In family households: 81,472 (17,845 male householders, 6,116 female householders)
18,552 spouses, 30,534 children (29,173 natural, 460 adopted, 901 stepchildren), 1,704 grandchildren, 1,541 brothers or sisters, 1,316 parents, 2,419 other relatives, 1,445 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 12,553 (5,022 male householders (4,070 living alone)), 5,717 female householders (5,104 living alone)), 1,814 nonrelatives
In group quarters: 689 (597 institutionalized population)

Size of family households: 8,397 2-persons, 5,650 3-persons, 5,108 4-persons, 2,846 5-persons, 1,293 6-persons, 667 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 9,174 1-person, 1,351 2-persons, 159 3-persons, 37 4-persons, 13 5-persons, 5 6-persons.

16,818 married couples with children.
3,665 single-parent households (898 men, 2,767 women).

Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 1,560

Here:	15.3%
Illinois:	13.4%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 830

Here:	14.5%
Illinois:	11.1%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 1,269

Here:	27.6%
Illinois:	25.8%

Educational Attainment

School Enrollment by Level of School

Age and Sex of Sensory-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Physically-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Mentally-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Self-Care Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Go-Outside-Home Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Residents with Employment Disability (Noninst.)

Year Householders Moved Into Unit in Leyden township:

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